republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1203.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suicide Prevention Coordinator; position created in the Department Veterans Services, report."
description: "Department of Veterans Services; Mental HealthCare Coordinator; position created; report. Establishes the positionof Mental Health Care Coordinator (the Coordinator) in the Departmentof Veterans Services to support and closely coordinate effectivemental health care services for military service members and veteransand their families. The bill directs the Coordinator to report byDecember 1 of each year through the Commissioner of the Departmentof Veterans Services to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs,the Governor, and the General Assembly on the work of the Coordinatorand any legislative recommendations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1203"
citation: "Virginia HB 1203 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Ferrell Tata"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2733c77-23a4-482a-ad9b-d9d5682e73eb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1203"
source_hash: "7da40829199cc35495b336d9588d1023d6512d3f6a60d12b3f2e8c5c24aec943"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1203 (2022) — Suicide Prevention Coordinator; position created in the Department Veterans Services, report.

Department of Veterans Services; Mental HealthCare Coordinator; position created; report. Establishes the positionof Mental Health Care Coordinator (the Coordinator) in the Departmentof Veterans Services to support and closely coordinate effectivemental health care services for military service members and veteransand their families. The bill directs the Coordinator to report byDecember 1 of each year through the Commissioner of the Departmentof Veterans Services to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs,the Governor, and the General Assembly on the work of the Coordinatorand any legislative recommendations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0322)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105451D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1203H1)
3. **HB1203ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1203ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 22103780D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1203)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anne Ferrell Tata — primary (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 22103780D `introduction`
- **2022-01-18** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1203)
- **2022-01-25** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-01-28** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Committee substitute printed 22105451D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-29** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 22105451D-H1
- **2022-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1203H1
- **2022-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1203H1)
- **2022-02-04** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** VOTE: Passage Block Vote (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1203ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 322 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2733c77-23a4-482a-ad9b-d9d5682e73eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).